I can't play videos on Opera.

[A Former User]

A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

@zalex108
It worked perfectly on 2 days ago, when I was on Win 7. The problem happened when I moved to Win 8.

Yes, Opera Dev has the same result.

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

Try the Settings Toggle:

System
Use hardware acceleration when available

There are options for GPU on chrome://flags as well, try it.

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[A Former User]

A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

@zalex108
Tried it, still no luck.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@fujitoday Number 4 is probably the answer.
Can you play H264 videos on your system, without installing any codec pack?

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg
Just did what you said. Uninstalled the K-Lite Codec pack from my laptop.

Then I downloaded a sample video from Vimeo.com. No, WMP can't play it properly.
It still runs, there are sounds but no images.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@fujitoday So that's why you can't play videos in Opera, your system doesn't have native h264 codecs.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg

Can you help me out ? What do I need to do then ?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by burnout426

@fujitoday said in I can't play videos on Opera.:

@leocg

Can you help me out ? What do I need to do then ?

Not sure. Judging by https://forums.opera.com/topic/31745/some-videos-on-twitter-do-not-work, Windows 8.1 WMP doesn't have the right support that Opera needs for some reason. However, some users found that h.264 video does work in Windows 8.1 in Opera if using Opera Developer. But, sound still fails. All of this has been reported to Opera.

The only solution for now I have for you is to go back to Win7 or upgrade to Win10. Or, use Chrome for now as it has all the support built into it and doesn't rely on Windows to play h.264 and such.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

There's another topic about it at https://forums.opera.com/topic/32676/some-twitter-videos-aren-t-loading too.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

Windows 8.1 WMP doesn't have the right support that Opera needs for some reason.

Are you sure about this ? Because I ask this trouble on a local IT forum too and 2 of repliers said things were normal for them on Win 8.1.

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

Another Codec Pack, https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases maybe?

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[A Former User]

A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

@zalex108
Nope. Doesn't help. Guess I have no choice but come back to Win 7.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@fujitoday said in I can't play videos on Opera.:

Are you sure about this ?

Not 100%. It just seems that way at least. Opera is supposed to use the Windows Media Foundation for playback of proprietary codecs (at least on Win 10). If Windows Media can't play h.264 for example, Opera won't be able to either. But, there's more. Using a Direct Shown filter for h.264 support isn't enough to make things work. A Windows Media transform is needed instead. I guess. However, I don't know what fallbacks Opera uses and I don't know how Opera does things on Win 7 and Win8.1 specifically. Opera might just have a buggy fallback way for Windows 8.1 (since things work in Opera Developer for some on 8.1), but unsure. I'm just assuming that if 8.1's Windows Media Foundation h.264 support was like Windows 10's, things would just work in Opera.

Either way, things are definitely messed up with proprietary codecs in Opera on Windows 8.1 for most.

[gerasmus]

gerasmus last edited by

Problem:
Opera displays HTML5 error when playing youTube videos. This happened in all my web browsers with a fresh clean Windows install.

Solution:
Google search: Windows_MediaFeaturePack_x64_1903_V1.msu
or
Download from Microsoft website.
Reboot your machine.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by A Former User

@fujitoday ya said ya had win 8.1 pro with wmp

could you double check this..

go to windows and features and check this

if media box is checked
make sure wmp box is checked too

[goemon01]

goemon01 last edited by

Hi, I tried all solutions at the internet, at last I found the solution for me
I just reset the Media Foundation and now my browser passes html5 h.264 test.
So how you reset Media Foundation;

1. Install K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
2. Open Codec Tweak Tool
3. Select "Fixes" (Under the General Tab)
4. Tick the box near the "Reset Media Foundation"
5. Apply and close.
   

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @goemon01 last edited by

@goemon01 Thanks for the tip.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @goemon01 last edited by

@goemon01 said in I can't play videos on Opera.:

Install K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
Open Codec Tweak Tool
Select "Fixes" (Under the General Tab)

It looks like you can download just the tweak tool if you want.

http://www.codecguide.com/download_other.htm#codectweaktool

[jovandon9]

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